Improvement in tobacco-pipes



UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. ANTHONY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 105,408, dated July 19,1870. .p

I, JOHN H. ANTHONY, of Cambridge, Dorchester county, Maryland, haveinvented cers tain Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the followingis a specification:

This invention relates to a pipe-bowl made in two parts. in the bottomof the lower one of which a sponge is placed, for the purpose ofclarifying and cooling the smoke, which sponge may be taken outl andcleaned as often as necessary, a removable metal chamber resting on thesponge, and havin gaperforated top, above which is the tobacco when thebowl is-illed, said chamber containing a roll of paper that absorbsthepoisonous liquid which distils from burning tobacco, and that may berenewed as Often as it becomes foul, the top of thechamber preventingashes from descending and clogging the stem, and obviating waste oftobacco .by keeping it in a position where it may all be burned.

In the drawing, a is the lower section of the pipe bowl; b, the uppersection, which is screwed into the top of the lower one. c is thesponge, placed in the bottom of the, bowl. d

is the removable metal chamber, which rests on the sponge, is open atits bottom, and perforated at the top sufciently to allow smoke to passthrough. e is the roll otl paper Within the chamber, which absorbs theliquid, and

which may be renewed from time totime as often as expedient, the bowlbeing made in two sections, in order that the upper one may be unscrewedwhen fresh paper is to be placed in the chamber, and when the sponge isto be taken out and washed, and screwed in again when these operationshave been performed.

The smoke in this pipe reaches themouth cooled, and divested of everyavor but the natural one of the tobacco.

I claim as my invention- The combination of a pipe-bowl with the chamberd, paper-roll e within the chamber, and sponge c in the bottom ofthebowl below the chamber, as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN H. ANTHONY. Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BROWN, GEO. E. BROWN.

